Improvement in tjaebiages



J. WHITBHEAD. CARRIAGE Patented July 2 8, 1868.

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J'OB ,WHITEHEAR OF AMES STATION, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 80,377, vdated July 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT `IN UARBIAGES( T oALL WHOM 1T MAY- CONGERN. y

Be it known. that I, Jon WHr'TnunAD, of .Ames Station, in the crountyofStrong', and Stateof Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCarriages; and' I do hereby declare that the followingis'a full,

lclear,V and exact description thereof, which willnable those'skilled inthe artto inake' and nse'the same,'re`fer fence being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. The nature ofmy invention relates to .improvements in vehicles for use on commonroads, whereby'-itf-is designed to provide a cheap and simple 4means forpropelling them by' springs.. i A It consists in the arrangement, uponthefrumework of the body or. box of a carriage, of onel or more coiledsprings, which may be wound up with a crank, and arranged to transmitmotion totheaxle of the hind wheels by belts, as will bemore fullydescribedon reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figurelruasssntsaplauies Aof.. mylnnrgremnt, land i i 4lligure 2 alongitudinal sectional elevationon the line :c :s of tig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parte. j The' hindwheels A A are rigidly connected to' the independent axles BB, thefinnerends of which are supported in cheering, C, in the rear .end of the'mainreach D. l Y i D D are braces, supported in suitable 'bearings onA thehind axlesT and rigidly xed'tothe bolsterE, upon the front axle, towhich the reachD is also secured.` v

Upon the framing thus formed, a short distance in rear of the frontbolster, across-piece, F, is secured, `from which rise the verticalposts G, to support the shafts H;

.I I represent flat steel springs, secured atone end tothe shafts H, andut the other tothe cross-piece ,l!`. The shafts H are provided withpulleys K, ratehets L; andV pawls M, .and withcranks for windingftip themesurage;

The pulleys L are so xed to the shafts that when they are being' turnedin the direction to wind up the springs,l the said pulleys ivill lnotturn with the shafts, but when turned in the opposite direction, by thetension ofthe springs, motion is communicated to the. said pulleys, andfrom thenceA to the :axles of the hind wheels, i by thebelts N andpulleys O.

P represents a rod, piyntefl te the front axle, and connected to thebent brace R, for guiding the' jfron't wheels.

For reversing the motion of a carriage, a-crossed belt andvloose pulleysmay be arranged, .togtherwith p lratus for shifting thebelts, as in theordinary method ofreversing motion by belts and loose and fast puls andfor governing themotion in going down hill, or to prevent the springsfrom driving thecarriagetoo t, brakes may be' arranged to operateagainst the hnd'wheels, in'the usual manner.

I cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters IPatent-v Thecombination of the springs I, shafts H, ratchets L, paw ls M, pulleys K,with the cross-piecekF'and Y framing, and with Vthe pulleys O and axlesB, when constructed and arranged substantiallyas and for the 'purposedescribed.

,J OB WHITE HEAD.

Witnesses.:

JOHN ELLIOTT, D. G. FERGUSON.

